Wall police charged 15 men after an undercover operation into prostitution at a Wall motel last week. File Photo

WALL TOWNSHIP – Fifteen men were charged with prostitution offenses following an undercover operation at a local motel last week, authorities said.

Fourteen of the men were charged with both loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution and soliciting prostitution, Detective Sgt. Joseph Wilbert said. One other man was charged with loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution.

Wilbert said the men were seeking services from women.

The motel name and the names of the men are not yet being released, as the investigation is ongoing, police said. However, police said in a release that the men were between the ages of 20 to 61 years old and lived in towns including Wall Township, Bayville, Eatontown, Asbury Park, Middletown, Lakewood, Neptune, Toms River, Hazlet, Piscataway, Manahawkin and Howell.

All of the men were released on a summons, police said.

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“The Wall Township Police Department will continue to conduct quality of life details within our community and make it more difficult for those who engage in criminal activity to operate out of any of the motels,” the release said.

Random inspections of hotels and motels were conducted in February to ensure the establishments were keeping a registry and the minimum and maximum lengths of stay for guests, in accordance with township ordinances, police said. Those inspections were not related to the undercover operation.